“Alcohol will be removed from now on in the editorial of ‘Don’t forget the lyrics’“. It was with this touch of humor that Nagui acknowledged an error in the France 2 music show, at the very beginning of the episode broadcast on Thursday June 27 at 7:10 p.m.
While he was alongside the current Maestro Nathalie, who already had 5,000 euros in his pocket and 3 victories to his credit, the host made his mea culpa. “A lot of things happened and on social networks, some people were having a blast about what happened between Justine (former Maestro, editor’s note) and Nathalie on a particular passage of a song where there was a doubt about the text” he began.
“Justine was eliminated due to a mistake we made and not her”
“We made a mistake and for that we already apologize to you. (viewers, editor’s note) who follow us and trust us, sorry to Nathalie, sorry to Justine who was ultimately eliminated due to a mistake that we made and not her“, continued Nagui, while assuring that this misunderstanding did not take away “In nothing“the merit of the new Maestro Nathalie, who works in the emergency room of the Mâcon hospital.”She deserves her 5,000 euros and she keeps them no matter what.” he said.
“But it was normal to allow Justine to find another chance to continue her journey“, he added. The young woman had been eliminated after 21 victories and had won the sum of 55,000 euros. He then indicated that with Nathalie’s agreement, Justine would return to the show and replay the match that cost him his place. It was Nathalie who made the official announcement: “We welcome Justine!“, to the cheers of the audience.
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Joseph Kamel restores the truth live
“Logic dictates that you keep your Maestro status so swap your microphones, take your place and we will start a match“, Nagui said to Justine. But before starting the duel, the host and producer insisted on making a video call to… Joseph Kamel. It was in fact one of his songs, “Beau”, performed with Julien Doré, which was the cause of the production error.
“I’m calling you because we had a problem with a song you wrote.“, began Nagui. The singer confirmed that the lyrics in question were “I saw his reflection in the other” and not “in water“, as the production of the show thought.”Justine was indeed right“, concluded Nagui.
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20,000 euros extra for Justine
The two candidates then replayed their confrontation and it was finally Justine, the teacher, who won and took home a 22nd victory. She even won the maximum end-of-game sum: 20,000 euros, increasing her prize pool to 75,000 euros. “I think I have my lucky star”she reacted, in tears. Puremédias.com invites you to watch this sequence in the video above.
